Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition

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468 Bristol

Words: Joseph Addison, 1712

Music: Timothy Swan, 1785

Meter: Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)

The spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue, ethereal sky,
The spangled heav’ns, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim.
Th’unwearied sun, from day to day,
Does his Creator’s pow’r display,
And publishes to ev’ry land
The work of the almighty hand.